Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰve̝stˌkɒˀn̩]; born 15 April 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. He has represented Denmark at youth level.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Birkerød, Denmark[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Brøndby | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Skjold Birkerød | ||
| 2013–2015 | Lyngby | ||
| 2015–2020 | Brøndby | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Brøndby | 23 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Denmark U18 | 6 | (3) |
| 2020 | Denmark U19 | 1 | (1) |
| 2022- | Denmark U21 | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:53, 23 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:04, 15 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Birkerød, Kvistgaarden began his career at hometown club IF Skjold Birkerød.[2] At age 11, he was noticed by scouts of FC Nordsjælland at a youth trial,[4] while at the same time going on trial at Lyngby Boldklub; eventually choosing to move to the Lyngby youth academy in 2013.[5][2] Two years later, he joined the youth academy of Brøndby IF at U13-level,[2] partly due to the Kvistgaarden family's close relationship to former head coach of Brøndby, Thomas Frank.[5] At the same time, he enrolled as a pupil at Brøndbyvester Skole located less than one kilometre from the club, with his main course being physical education.[5] He described the environment in the youth squads as being very competitive compared to his former experiences in IF Skjold and Lyngby, and the Brøndby U13-team ended up in first place of the table of their respective youth league that year.[5] Kvistgaarden was promoted to the U19-team in the summer of 2019, and scored nine goals in 14 appearances in their campaign in the under-19 league.[6]
Kvistgaarden was included in the first-team squad for the first time on 5 July 2020, ahead of an away match in the Danish Superliga against AaB, due to regular first team strikers Simon Hedlund and Samuel Mráz having been tested positive for COVID-19.[7][8] During the match, which Brøndby lost 2–0, Kvistgaarden made his debut as a 73rd-minute substitute for Mikael Uhre.[9][10]
His first senior goal came on 6 March 2022, which proved to be the winning goal in a 1–0 away victory against Silkeborg in the domestic league.[11][12] He made his first start for Brøndby on 14 April in a league loss against AaB.[13] He signed a contract extension on 29 April, keeping him at the club until 2025.[14] In May 2022, Kvistgaarden scored four goals in three league appearances, including his first brace on the final matchday of the season against Silkeborg.[15][16] Before the match, he had been named Superliga Young Player of the Month for May.[17]
Kvistgaarden has won six caps for Denmark at under-18 level in which he has scored three goals.[1] He made his debut for the Denmark under-19 team on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Poland, where he scored a goal in a 1–3 win.[18]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brøndby | 2019–20 | Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Superliga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Superliga | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| 2022–23 | Superliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| Career total | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 7 | ||
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